Monthly Archives: December 2014

House Cleaning

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Eric

Yesterday, as I so often do, I passed by the Town of Dewitt Highway Department garage and immediately noticed that some house cleaning had taken place near the back forty. The graders and industrial forklifts are now gone leaving a much … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – From Newark with Love

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Eric

What is it about beat up Autocars that I find so appealing? I guess they just wear the damage so well. Seth shares with us this wrecker from the Newark DPW who like most municipalities along the east coast was … Continue reading →

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If it’s not broke…

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Eric

If it’s not broke…don’t replace it it! I couldn’t believe it when I saw the photos below. The City of Utica, NY still has four FWD plow trucks in active service. Four! Long live the old iron. Maybe a decade … Continue reading →

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Return of the King

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Eric

Ryan returned to his ancestral homelands last week for the holidays and didn’t waste anytime getting back to his old tricks of shooting plows. Check out this Mack RM of Deerfield, NY. Looks good right? Can you believe it’s still … Continue reading →

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Still Working – John Deere Loaders and Ford Backhoes

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Eric

New heavy equipment is expensive. Very expensive. If you find an older piece that can still pull its own weight you hold on to it. Sure, the hydraulics may not cycle as quickly as a newer machine and there certainly … Continue reading →

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Tumbling Down

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Eric

Buildings are tumbling down all around the City of Syracuse this week. Merry Christmas to me! I mentioned yesterday that one of these demolition jobs is setting the stage for a new building while the other is simply tearing down … Continue reading →

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Building Collapse

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Eric

I’ve been attempting to catch the demolition job seen below for well over two months now. Once the site of a very forgettable one story warehouse type building a new student housing complex is set to rise from the rubble. The … Continue reading →

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Autocar Mondays – Autocar ACL 64B

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Eric

The first true snow storm in the area always brings the media out in great numbers. News crews descend on local DPW garages to film footage of trucks loading up on salt while photographers seek out that quintessential storm photo. Jeffery … Continue reading →

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Komatsu PC300LC Excavator

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Eric

Today I’m dusting off another video from the early spring that never made in to the limelight. While this particular video is new, the machine featured had spent some time on this website before. Remember that Komatsu PC300LC of Economy … Continue reading →

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Western Stars of Distinction

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Eric

I came across these two Western Stars months ago. Like other trucks in the past they were lost in the shuffle and confusion of the warmer months that are filled with truck shows and other content rich events. Now that … Continue reading →

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